keeping summer reading fresh, fun, priority one
It’s true–summer can be a slippery slope of ‘un-learning’ if parents don’t play their cards right.
For so many of us, …
reading
summertime fun cards–cool ways to fill hot days
Today was not the day we expected.
As Maddy’s last official day of Kindergarten, our plan was to celebrate! Have fun! Relax! Hang out poolside …
new for us friday: first vlog! (and flip minoHD giveaway)
I’ve thought about doing this for ages, and now I finally have a reason.
This New For Us Friday marks a very new–and very scary first for …
making connections– with poems we love
Lately, we’ve been so busy. May flew by, like it always does for us–a blur of end-of-school activities, yard work, picnics, …
literacy lava 5 is here!
WOW! Five issues of Literacy Lava, and every one is worth taking the time to print, read, and share!
I am incredibly honored to be among the …
reading, learning, and dogs, dogs, dogs
Ever since Brady boy entered our lives, things have been hectic, nuttier than ever, and dog-crazy.
While Maddy, Owen, and Cora have …
early literacy and math grid games: rainy day
Today, on this rainy, cool, gray Monday, we rocked it with an oldie but goodie:Sunny-Rainy Grid Games. Or Rainy-Sunny Grid Games, depending on how …
labeling and learning, learning and labeling
For our making our rainy weekend a lot more bright, I’m extending big thanks to my awesome Aunt Pat. She’s a former Head Start and Pre-K …
family name letter connect
Today before rest time, we took some time to play with Wikki Stix and to play with names–the names of people in our family.
It was a rainy, gray …
colors, counting, reading, I can’t believe what I’m seeing
Cora received an awesome gift for her birthday from her pal, Ava, and I’m thinking that I will soon make this book my “go-to gift” …
new for us friday: a puppy! un perrito!
This New For Us Friday is coming a bit late, I know, but we have been busy–BUSY!–over here this spring break, preparing for–and now …
building words with letter lids
We have been rockin’ it out with our alphabet letter lids since we made them a few weeks back, and occasionally I’ll throw in some word …
abc exercise cards. . . hooray!
Thank you, ABC Exercise Cards, for giving us a fun and burn-some-steam kind of activity this afternoon!
After a rainy weekend and another …
getting a little sneaky with literacy
Too many times, parents think that in order to support their children’s developing literacy skills, they have to sit down with a book on their …
it’s read across america day
Happy, Happy Read Across America Day!
And thanks a TON to my friend, Leticia, from Tech Savvy Mama, who allowed me to re-post this from her site:
The …
farm-full of rich vocabulary words
I always cringe when I hear parents talking in baby voices and using baby words when interacting with their not-so-babyish children. Or other …
magnadoodle messages
With little ones who are learning letters and acquiring new words every day, we really need to capitalize on any and every possible chance to get them …
asking the heart questions
This morning at breakfast, before we even had a chance to check out Maddy’s kindergarten calendar or talk about the weather, an article in The …
a scared and lonely bear: predicting
Predicting is one of the easiest comprehension strategies to use with emerging readers, and like many of these important components of early literacy, …
post-it, cora!
As Cora and I sat at the dining room table, coloring and chatting while Owen was at school yesterday, we worked a little on her name.
She was drawing …